Reforms rekindle optimism for East African integration

President Samia Suluhu Hassan holds talks with Kenyan President and outgoing East African Community chair William Ruto ahead of the 25th Ordinary Summit of the EAC Heads of States in Arusha on Saturday. PHOTO | STATE HOUSE

Dar es Salaam. The East African Community (EAC) has taken a series of bold decisions aimed at stabilising the bloc after months of financial strain and growing concerns about the pace of regional integration.

According to regional analysts, the decisions taken have addressed what East Africans had been expecting in order to rescue the Community and make it stronger going forward.